Fastfission wrote
As an aside, it would be interesting to have a fairly comprehensive
discussion of what academic experts think of Wikipedia, in relation to teaching as well as just generally.
They're going to think it's patchy, aren't they?
Most academics are remarkably poor at popularization. They write as experts, for experts. Any technical slip will catch their eye, before all the work going into access and presentation.
Most non-user academics are going to miss the point about hypertext. An area of WP with good navigation can get you in an hour what might cost a week of a well-appointed library. But only academics who actually remember the mazy, hazy grad student days of bombardment by things about which one should already know will rate that aspect.
Most popularizing academics will find the tone of WP rather subdued. (This is a good thing. We have no need to do boosterism. )
Charles